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• 2017 POWER Lunch Speakers

  October 03, 2017: Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans POWER Lunch 2017 Program October 9th, 2017 Italian Community Center, Milwaukee, WI 10am Doors Open 11am Welcome- Bernie Faust, WIARA President Speaker- Mahlon Mitchell Speaker- Mike McC...Read more >

• 2017 POWER Lunch Award Winners!!!!

  September 27, 2017: We are excited to announce our 2017 POWER Lunch Award Winners! Labor Award Steve Lord APWU Labor Award Gary Mikolajczyk UAW Community Award Carmen Pangilinan Milwaukee County Dept on Aging Political Award Sen. Ja...Read more >

• South Central Federation of Labor Awards 2017 Scholarships

  September 06, 2017: The South Central Federation of Labor has awarded four $1,000 scholarships bby lottery drawing to the sons and daughters of area union members. In addition, SCFL’s Dodge County Chapter has awarded two $500 scholarships. Here are the winners. Win...Read more >

• The Wisconsin Labor History Society – Essay Winner

  September 06, 2017: Union plays critical role in family’s life The Wisconsin Labor History Society sponsors an annual contest for high school students about the role unions play in our lives. This year’s winner shows how vital unions have been to his family. B...Read more >

• Foxconn Deal Must Respect Worker Freedom

  September 06, 2017: By Phil Neuenfeldt (special to Union Labor News) As Wisconsin considers shelling out $3 billion to subsidize the private corporation of Foxconn, legislators are moving at breakneck speed to hand over an incentive package that is both the largest i...Read more >

• 2017 WIARA Convention Report

  September 06, 2017: 2017 WIARA Convention Report On Friday May 12th, 8 member facilitators trained for 4 hours on 1-on-1 conversations, listening, empathy and tracking information. Those 8 member facilitators trained 57 WIARA members the following day at convention! T...Read more >

• August Raffle Winners!!!

  September 06, 2017: Winners of the August Raffle!!! Check below to see if you were lucky!!!! Date Amount Ticket First Name Last Name 1 25 367 Marilyn Nemeth 2 25 22 Kenneth Greening 3 25 382 Joshua L. Clark 4 25 114 Ly...Read more >

• A letter from President Bernie Faust

  August 29, 2017: A letter from President Bernie Faust As the new president of WIARA I look forward to working with our Sustaining Members, Executive Board and our Individual Members in the coming months. I have some new ideas and I am sure many if you do as well. ...Read more >

• WISCONSIN 2017 LABOR DAY EVENTS

  August 29, 2017: If you’re interested in celebrating on Labor Day, here are some events around the state to attend. Each has a little different character, but all celebrate the contributions of workers. Madison Madison Labor Temple - 12:00pm to 5:00pm Inte...Read more >

• JULY RAFFLE WINNERS!!!

  July 21, 2017: Winners of the July Raffle!!! Check below to see if you were lucky!!!! Date Amount Ticket First Name Last Name 1 25 127 John Dwyer 2 50 39 Bernie Faust 3 25 129 Diane Winklbauer 4 100 397 Nancy Vol...Read more >